Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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